You will be given 10 questions about Britain's importing and exporting.
Answer each question by clicking on the country on the map.
Click here for question 1Question 1 - Imports/Sugar
This group of islands in Britain's Empire enjoyed hot, wet and rainy summers and long, dry winters - perfect conditions for the growing of sugar cane.
Click on the group of Islands where you think the sugar comes from.
Question 2 - Imports/Frozen Meat
Refrigerated ships revolutionized the frozen meat trade in this distant country as well as vastly improving the British public's diet.
Click on the country that you think frozen meat was imported from.
Question 3 - Imports/Cotton
Cotton became Britain's largest import after 1820. The wide availability of beautifully patterned cottons from this country had a dramatic effect on British household clothing and fashion.
Click on the country that supplied Britain with beautifully patterned cottons.
Question 4 - Imports/Tea
By the middle of the 19th Century, the British had managed to grow tea commercially in India and were importing large quantities.
However, this country used to supply Britain with finer grades of tea. Which country is it?
Question 5 - Imports/Polo
During the 19th Century, polo became a popular sport with Britons living in this country. It is a sport still played today in Britain, mainly by wealthy people.
Click on the country that invented this sport and was then imported by Britain.
Question 6 - Exports/Christianity
As the Empire grew, missionaries wanted to export the ideas, values and beliefs of the Christian church to Britain's colonies.
Click on the country where The Revd Mr Moffat is preaching.
Question 7 - Exports/Cricket
The British took cricket to all regions of the Empire.
Click on the country that is currently considered to be the best in the world.
Question 8 - Exports/Iron
Iron was an important export for Britain and had a dramatic economic and social effect on the countries it exported to.
Which country used Britain's iron and metal production to make this type of metal axe?
Question 9 - Exports/Railway
The building of railways was crucial to the development of the British Empire, particularly those countries that were enormous in size and had little infrastructure.
Which country in the Empire built a railway structure that would rival Britain's own railways in scope and scale?
Question 10 - Exports/Telegraph System
The first transatlantic cable between London and this country was laid in August 1858. It covered 2,500 miles at a depth of 4,000 metres.
Click on the country that was now connected to London.
Imports - Sugar
Sugar was Britain's largest import until 1820 when cotton became Britain's biggest import.
Imports - Frozen Meat
The frozen meat trade revolutionized agriculture in Australia and New Zealand toward the end of the 19th Century.
It brought prosperity to their economies and created a major stimulus for immigration.
Imports - Cotton
Britain also imported cotton from China and the USA.
Imports - Tea
In the second half of the 19th Century, fleets of tea clippers would arrive in India and China for the annual tea crop.
The first ship home would be able to command the highest price for her cargo.
Imports - Polo
Other sports have crossed from one culture to another.
Billiards and snooker both originated in India while Britain took cricket to regions of the Empire where it became popular with people from those areas.
Exports - Christianity
Missionaries established headquarters in the East Indies, Africa and the West Indies to spread the knowledge and understanding of the Christian Bible. People who converted to Christianity eventually developed their own interpretations and organizations.
Exports - Cricket
Cricket is now played all over the world including: the West Indies, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka.
Exports - Iron
The Patiti is a type of axe used by the Maori people of New Zealand. They had not developed metal production when Europeans first made contact with them. This axe shows the way European technologies were integrated into the economic and social life of the Maori communities.
Exports - Railway
Building railways in British colonies served many purposes including: easier transportation of goods, troops and supplies; encouraging colonization of remote areas; and helping officials to move rapidly over areas that they governed.
Exports - Telegraph System
With land lines and submarine cables now connecting cities and trade centres around the world, news and information could be passed almost instantly, where before it might have taken weeks.
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